>>1850360
It reuses a lot of its content, sure, but the different narratives and being able cross between Parallels is very fun, and the combat ends quickly for the most part (not that it's bad anyway). I don't think it's as good as Alundra or Landstalker, but it's a helluva lot more challenging and audiovisually appealing than Ladystalker or Timestalker. The opening stage is also a really great idea for a tutorial and Parallel selector.
>>1850362
Actually, the core Landstalker team developed Alundra when they moved to Matrix Software. This includes Tamaki and Orimo, for starters.
Comparing the music from Alundra and Landstalker's a foolhardy effort. Kohei Tanaka had been doing great music since the first airing of Dragon Ball, while Motoaki Takenouchi had just gotten his start composing original soundtracks. Both games sound really great, though. Takenouchi takes a more melodic approach overall, but he gets a lot of texture out of the 2612 chip. And Tanaka's great at orchestration as always.